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Author Message Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2369 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 5:56 am:        The sign reads, "POVs prohibited." What's a POV? Noobdogg (Noobdogg) Moderator Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 269 Registered: 3-2009 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 6:19 am:        Interesting. Is it outside a government building? Anything to do with photography not allowed outside government facilities? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2370 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 7:24 am:        Is it outside a government building? No. Anything to do with photography not allowed outside government facilities? No. Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1322 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 8:45 am:        Is the sign: outdoors? Indoors? Is it a road sign? Is it posted by a government? Is it in the US? Is POV an object? An activity? Certain people? A job description? An animal? Are POVs prohibited because of: safety reasons? Security? Privacy? Financial reasons? A silly reason? Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2515 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 11:45 am:        Does the V stand for vehicle? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2371 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 2:35 pm:        Is the sign: outdoors? This. Indoors? Is it a road sign? Yope. Is it posted by a government? Yes. Is it in the US? Yes. Is POV an object? This. An activity? Certain people? A job description? An animal? Are POVs prohibited because of: safety reasons? Probably this. Security? And this. Privacy? Financial reasons? A silly reason? Does the V stand for vehicle? Yes. Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2516 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 2:55 pm:        I think I've heard this acronym before so will keep quiet. Kalira (Kalira) New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 323 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 3:17 pm:        uhh... let me try to do this in a roundabout way... Does POV in this case stand for what it normally does in government anacronym-ese? Have you adopted/appropriated some other meaning for it here? Is the sign posted near a government facility of some sort? near a gate? parking lot? bridge? Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1324 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 8:51 pm:        POV = privately owned vehicles? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2372 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 3:29 am:        uhh... let me try to do this in a roundabout way... Does POV in this case stand for what it normally does in government anacronym-ese? I'm sure there are several different possibilities. Have you adopted/appropriated some other meaning for it here? I haven't, no. Is the sign posted near a government facility of some sort? Yes. near a gate? This. parking lot? bridge? POV = privately owned vehicles? This. ******************************* SPOILER ******************************* NASA launch sites have many warning signs, including the confusing one, "POVs are prohibited." They mean cars, of course.